Gage for positioning sheets in embossing-presses.



A. W. ROOVERS.

GAGE FOR POSITIONING SHEETS m EMBOSSING PRESSES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23. I914.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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A. W. ROOVERS.

GAGE FOR POSITIONING SHEETS IN EMBOSSING PRESSES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23. I914.

1,168,464. Patented De0.7,1915.

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\IDLUMBIA PLANOURAPH CO. WASHINGTON, u. c.

ALFRED WALTER ROO'VERS,

or BROOKLYN, NEWYYORK.

GAGE FOR POSITIONING SHEETS IN EMBOSSING-PR-ESSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

Application filed July 23, 1914. Serial No. 852,723.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED W. Roovnes, acitizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Gages for Positioning Sheets in Embossing-Presses, ofwhich 7 the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to animprovement in gages for positioningsheets or cards in embossing presses, theconstruction and advantages ofwhich will be hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation ofa die-press showing thegage applied thereto; Fig; 2 a top plan view, the operating lever beingbroken away to more clearly illustrate the underlying parts, and aportion of the gage structure being shown in section; .Fig. 3 aperspective view of the gage; Fig. 4 a perspective view of one of theclamping mem bers shown in flat form just prior to its being brought tothe final folded or shaped position; Fig. 5 a side elevation, partsbeingbroken away, showing a modified form of means for securing the gage tothe press; and Fig. 6 a top plan view thereof,'partly in section.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a simple gagewhich may be attached to a die-press of the type shown and described inmy co-pending application filed on or about the 23rd day of July, 1914,Serial No. 852,722,the gage'being so constructed that it may be adjustedto operate with difierent-sized embossing dies, and to properly positionand hold the cards or sheets of various sizes and in different positionswith relation to the dies, whereby the matter to be embossed may beplaced at any desired pointupon the card, sheet or the like. V

In order that the invention may be readily understood without directreferenceto the application above mentioned, I will give an outlinedescription of the'press,which may be said to comprise a relativelynarrow frame 1, supported upon a laterally-extend ing base 2,.andprovided at its forward portion with a transverse slot or' opening 3,adapted to house the die-carryingarms 4 and 5, connected to eachotherattheprear by a in grally-f me l op The dies are designated by 7 and 8,and presser or sustaining plates 9 and 10 overlie the dies, the lowerplate 9 being rigidly secured to the frame. A lever 11, fulcrumed at 12upon the frame, forces the upper plate 10 and the underlying die 8downwardly. A card, designated as 13, is shown in position (in Figs. 1and 2) between the dies, said dies being closed down upon the card inthe act of securing the desired embossment. In order to properlyposition said card, I employ. gage arms, one arm 14, being provided atitsforward end with a downwardly-projecting stop member 15, and aforwardly-extending finger 1 6, the upper face of which finger, when theparts are properly adjusted, lies in the plane of the upper face of thelowermost die 7. A second arm, 17, provided with a downwardly-extendingstop member 18, is arranged upon the opposite side of the press, saidarm likewise having formed as an integral" portion thereof aforwardly-extending member 19, corresponding in position and function tothe finger 16. The member 19 carries at its forward end a lateralextension 20, from which there projects upwardly a side gage finger 21.The "various elements of the gage arm 17 are preferably formedintegrally from a piece of square wire or bar, and maybereadily bent toshape.

Secured to the rear of the frame 1 is a sustainingcasting or member,consisting of a main body portion 22, having a transverse opening formedtherein and preferably square, from which member 22. extendoutwardly'two arms 23 and 24, the arm 23 being provided at its outer endwith a bearing plate 25, while the opposite arm, 24, carries a screw26adapted to force the bearing member 25 into contact with a web-shapedmember of the frame 1 when the screw is turned up and bears against saidframe member. A sustaining member 27, which is preferably square incross-section, passes through the opening in the member 22, and may bemoved endwise therein and secured in its adjusted position by awing-screw 28. Mounted upon each end of said sustaining bar is acombined supportingand clamping in the upper member and adapted to forcethe arm downwardly into contact with the bar and to thus lock the partstogether against movement in their adjusted relation.

5. A gage for use in conjunction with die presses comprising, incombination, a sup porting member; a bar carried thereby; and a pair ofarms so mounted upon said bar that they may be moved toward or from eachother and projected forwardly or backwardly, one of said arms having atits forward end a downwardly-inclined stop and a forwardly-projectingfinger, while the other arm is provided with a downwardly-extending stopmember, a sustaining member, and an upwardly-projecting side gage orfinger.

6. In combination with a die press, the body of which is provided with atransversely extending opening; a bar adjustably mounted in said openingand extending laterally to each side of the press; means for clampingthe bar in its adjusted position within said opening; and a pair of gagearms adjustably secured to said bar and extending forwardly intooperative position with reference to the dies and adapted to positionthe body to be embossed or printed both laterally and transversely withreference to the dies.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED WALTER ROOVERS.

Witnesses:

W. W. BENNETT, WALTER LOCKITT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

